New John Carter Teaser Offers Tantalizing Look at Sci-Fi Epic

It’s been months since we’ve heard anything about John Carter, the warrior tale based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character, but a bit of ice has melted off our hearts now that another trailer for the film has been unleashed.

It looks like director Andrew Stanton (Wall-E) is on the right track with his sci-fi epic based on Burroughs’ Barsoom series — all huge battles and cool gear and Carter (played by Friday Night Lights‘ Taylor Kitsch) giving warrior-inspiring speeches.

The creatures look sick, it seems like exciting stuff is happening and Kitsch spends most of the clip with his shirt off, so those are pluses. We remain optimistic, but unfortunately this trailer is much too short to really get a taste of the film, which revolves around a Civil War vet from Earth who is transported to Mars only to become involved in a conflict on that planet.

Stanton tweeted that there is a longer version coming soon. He said the extended version would be airing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (presumably Wednesday night, when Kitsch is scheduled to appear on the show) and hitting the web soon. We’ll keep you posted.

Check out the clip above (ignore the Kitsch-y interview, unless you’re into that sort of thing) and hit the comments to let us know what you think of the latest from the John Carter universe.